The following is a list of the top 5 franchise/entities in the Twin Cities. The criteria is fairly simple. If you were offered tickets to watch this team, would you turn them down (not necessarily attend yourself, but take and give to someone knowing it would be a good giveaway)? Note: Over time, the list evolves (early '90s the Gopher Hoops team would have been a 2 or a 3, meanwhile the Twins in 97 or 98 would have been a 4 or a 5).
1. Wild - The novelty has not worn off, yet. I had partial season tickets and never once struggled to give even exhibition game tickets away. The atmosphere is great, the team competes, etc.
2. Twins - Very similar to #1, but no atmosphere. Mauer, Morneau, Hunter and Santana sell tickets.
3 (tie). Gopher Hockey - National Championships, great arena, excting team equals ticket demand. Still the only team in its sport to broadcast 90 percent of its games.
3. Vikings - The reigning #1 for 40+ years...their product has gotten so bad and the people that attend are this (fingers 1 inch apart) close to WWE. Their 40 TV rating (highest in MN every week) every Sunday is the only thing that saves them from a #4 ranking.
5. T'Wolves - They squeak past Gopher Football. The product is so bad. Besides KG, name another guy on the team?
Others receiving votes: Gopher Football (up and comer, new coach & new stadium..watch out Wolves) and Gopher Basketball (couldn't give away 6 games last year).
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The Wolves are horrible. Take them off the list and put them behind the Lynx (there I said it). Pay attention to the Gopher Football atmosphere. In 2 years it will be the toughest ticket in town. I have 4 if you need some next year however.
Vikes tickets are not a treat either. No napping allowed!! No replays and no kids running around.
Gopher hoops will make next years top 5 as well. With a name like Abush-Amala how cannot you not. By the way his dad is from Pakistan that is where the name comes from. Jamal is as caucasion as they come.
Nice work Z now get on my companies needs will ya!!
Tony - I know how you don't let facts get into the way of a good blog...For the record - your TV info on UofM puck was offsides by about 3 of pronger's strides:
-Vikings televise 100% of games (16/16)
-Twins - 94.4%(153/162)
-Wild - 91.4%(75/82)
-T-Wolves - 85.3%(70/82)
-GOPHER puck - 84.2% (32/38)
Now that we have a clear view of the forest through Zosel's tree-farm, lets break it down:
(#1) WILD: The sightlines, sound-system, food selection, Gaborik's wheels and Boogaard's knuckles du jour are only surpassed by the TV production
(#2) VIKINGS: Although the people present seem like the bar-scene in STAR WARS, where else can you throw back a half-dozen cold ones on an early Sunday and not take grief from the home-warden.
(#3) GOPHER PUCK: Stub and Herbs at 6, game at 7:05, Stub and Herbs at 9:15.
(#4) TWINS: Fundamentally sound, but 3 hours of baseball is too much for any man's sanity! 8 guys standing around watching 2 men play catch gets old. Get there in the 3rd, jam back a couple sodium-rockets, and get home for the 9th. Somewhere in the last 80 years - America's pastime has turned into America's naptime.
(#5) T-WOLVES: The NBA is one of those products that if you don't sit in the first 10 rows - you are definitely going to miss out on 40 to 50 F-Bombs per hour. Bring the kids, heck, bring the grandkids - never too young to learn half a word, 'Mother'.
--patO
As a whole college hockey is not televised (I'm guessing that most teams don't hit 50%).
To have a team in a major market competing with the T'Wolves and Wild for airtime is impressive. I forgot Rudy Martzke/Judd Zulgad was reading the blog.
I apologize for the inconsistency (90 vs. 84).
Where did you find that data on the Vikings? 16 for 16. That was impressive. Are you sure they were on? They haven't hit my TV in a long time...as long as one of Pronger's strides.
Hmmm, let's see, 4 professional teams make the list, one collegiate...personally, I'll take rodent hockey tickets over any of the other overpaid, sub-performers always full of next season hope and hype...(omit the Twins, fairly/underpaid and competitive year to year)
But let's be honest, even at around $30 per ticket it's pricey for a family affair...at least you can still take the kids and cousins to the ball park and have a grand day without getting pocket &#^%$%#!!!!
T 8)
Make sure and bring enough pillows and no-doze for all the kids and cousins, and if the goal is just to save cash - take everyone to the paint department at Home Depot and watch it dry..
Why doesn't a team that is ranked #1 in the country for 2 straight seasons until UND or Holy Cross gets a hold of them make the 'sub-performer' list?
Overpaid?? Underpaid?? HUH????
NHL and NFL average 1.5 million, MLB averages about 3-mill. That is a lot of change to hit .250
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